[Year 12 SofDev] App development Sorry for the x-posts!)

[Travis Parker]

Thanks Donald - It looks promising. The document I found said it would
be ready early 2012, but obviously it hasn't been released yet. I have
used Gamemaker and GML a bit, and it is fairly easy to pick up so would
suit students just fine.

 

Also - I'm not sure if you remember but I was with you at Vermont for a
few weeks in October 2006 as your student teacher!

 

Cheers

 

Trav

 

 

Travis Parker

Head of ICT and E-Learning

Beaconhills College

( 1300 002 225 ext 3016

or Direct Dial (03) 5945 3016

 

 

 

 

 

From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au
[mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of HEW Donald (HewD)
Sent: Tuesday, 22 May 2012 9:17 AM
To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] App development Sorry for the x-posts!)

 

Colleagues

 

GameMaker Studio is currently in beta but will soon be available. It has
the option to export easily to iOS, Android, Nokia Symbian, Windows, Mac
and HTML5 without learning how individual app store works. However, I
think the package is only available for Windows. GameMaker also has its
own language called GML.

 

Donald Hew

Vermont SC

From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au 
[mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Laurie Savage
Sent: Monday, 21 May 2012 4:11 PM
To: 'Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] App development Sorry for the x-posts!)

 

I agree that having kids coding java apps at year 10 might be
optimistic, but I'm surprised Apple hasn't developed an easier way round
- like App Inventor.

 

But, heres my story of woe with MIT's App Inventor for Android. App
Inventor lets the kids build apps for Android phones using a
Scratch-style interface ("Blocks Builder") so the Java is hidden while
the logic is on display. So I decided to set my advanced year 9's the
job of becoming e-millionaires by inventing a killer App. The security
settings on the Edustar image won't let them install the software! Back
to the drawing board. Ditto for Python: so much for my lunch-time
Coders' Club. Back to Scratch and Gamemaker.

 

Laurie Savage

ICT Teacher | Student Assessment and Reporting Coordinator  |Pascoe Vale
Girls College

Lake Ave, Pascoe Vale | 03 9306 2544 | savage.john.l at edumail.vic.gov.au

 

From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au 
[mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Travis Parker
Sent: Monday, 21 May 2012 1:56 PM
To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] App development Sorry for the x-posts!)

 

Dear All,

 

Now that we have about 2250 iPads floating around the college, I was
thinking of implementing an "App Development" course at year 10 next
year that will run for a semester. We have also got a lab of 30 iMacs
and  was going to use them to create iPad apps (Using XCode???). I was
wondering whether anyone does anything similar to this currently, or has
any ideas on what to include. I'd be happy to share and compare notes
and experiences with any interested parties.

 

Cheers

 

Trav

 

 

 

Travis Parker

Head of ICT and E-Learning

Beaconhills College

( 1300 002 225 ext 3016

or Direct Dial (03) 5945 3016

 

 

 

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